Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, July 11The Moon passes just 0.02° north of the dim, distant ...

Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the ...

Look for them around 10 p.m. local daylight time, roughly one-quarter up in the western sky. In addition to their closeness ...

Venus continues to be the “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, albeit it has become dimmer — but still bright — as it ...

Summer’s brightest stars appear, echoing these Earth-bound lights, beginning around 9:20 p.m. through mid-month.

Many people have never noticed that Mercury swings rapidly back and forth relative to the sun in our sky, while moving along in an orbit scarcely more than half as far from the sun as Venus.. This ...

There is something transformational about twilight. When the sun has just set in the west, the sky changes from the vibrant blue of afternoon to a more relaxed hue, as if it’s settling down for ...

Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS graced in the dawn twilight at the end of September; in mid-October it will be brilliant in the evening sky. (C messier) Next week look out for the most spectacular sky ...